Creating spatially defined databases for equitable health service planning in low-income countries: The example of Kenya

Acta Tropica

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-251

  Noor, A M ^a   Gikandi, P W ^a   Hay, S I ^a,b   Muga, R O ^c   Snow, R W ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Access; Equity; Geographic information systems; Health management information systems; Health reform; Health resource allocation; Health services; Kenya

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; GIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; SERVICE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; KENYA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MANAGEMENT; MORBIDITY; ORGANIZATION; POPULATION; REGISTER; TOPOGRAPHY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KENYA; POPULATION DENSITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3142600860     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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